FAST Racing Neo. Wii U. review

[nakamura]

Out on on Wii U, a bargain ?10.99.

HD racing with 16 tracks and three speed classes. Only played the first cup so far but I'm very impressed.

Lovely and smooth visuals although it does suffer with aliasing but has good art and varied circuits. It handles similar to F-Zero and looks like a mix between GX and Wipeout HD and is very responsive.

Anyone getting it?

[kryss]

I'll be in there with you when it drops here.

edit:
Didn't realise it was out today, downloading as we speak.

[danstan21]

Doesn't look like it'll match the precision and technique of F-Zero GX but given the amazing visuals, the intense speed and the bargain price I'll be getting it downloaded ASAP

[Asura]

60fps?

[nakamura]

60 beautiful frames per second. I counted every one.

[briareos_kerensky]

Downloading it right now, the US shop had it later than the EU one. And while the WiiU downloads, let's start Xenoblade.

[nakamura]

It's 530mb! Shouldn't take long!

[toythatkills]

This is very good. I've never played F-Zero so I don't really give a **** about those particular comparisons, this is just a really cool game in its own right. The boost switching is great. Controller mapping is crap but I'm used to that on Wii U now.

No idea how it's so small. Magic?

[briareos_kerensky]

This is very good. I've never played F-Zero so I don't really give a **** about those particular comparisons, this is just a really cool game in its own right. The boost switching is great. Controller mapping is crap but I'm used to that on Wii U now.

No idea how it's so small. Magic?

Not really, what takes a lot in modern games are pre-rendered cutscenes and voice acting, especially if multichannel. For a fast game you want to keep models and textures within a certain level of detail, which also decreases filesize.

[nakamura]

And they fact it's on a system with limited memory so they tried a bit harder?

Anyway, this is fantastic. It's fast, challenging, fun and looks great. I'm still on the slowest speed and that's good enough!

[kryss]

Took me a second to realise I had to change the phase of my vehicle, a la Ikaruga.
Not as uselessly floaty as WipeOut, but not as heavy as F-Zero GX.
I look forward to playing through and unlocking all the vehicles.

[nakamura]

Uselessly floaty as Wipeout? Wut?

[kryss]

After years of F-Zero I couldn't finish a race on WipeOut HD or Vita, I can't comment on the other games.
FAST Racing NEO doesn't feel floaty.

[nakamura]

That's becasue Wipeout is the only proper anti gravity game, you big softy! 😁

[dataDave]

It definitely handles more like Wipeout than F-Zero, only with the weapons being replaced by speed. I'm not too keen on the Ikaruga style switching, either. It's more a distraction to the actual race more than anything else I'm finding. After learning the boost pad positioning, which takes around two laps, it's a hindrance.

Everything else seems solid, but it's going to take more than this to pull me away from Dariusburst now!